Chapter 79 Let Her Stay in a Guesthouse

She should go to the shower room to wipe herself! Jiang Xia ran out like she was escaping.

Zhou Chenglei went out first, got her a bucket of hot water and took her to the shower room, then returned to the room and obediently washed the thing in two basins of water, then dried it with a clean towel and stored it in talcum powder.

He bought a large enough box of talcum powder to hold several of them.

He took out two basins of water, came back to make the bed, put the soiled quilt in the basin to soak, and then washed it later.

Then he fetched a basin of water and went back to the room to wipe the marks on the mat.

Jiang Xia took a quick shower and came back with her pajamas. She saw him gently wiping the marks on the mat. Her face turned red and she turned around and went out again.

Zhou's mother was making lunch. Watching the young couple busying around, she smiled and greeted Jiang Xia, reminding her that she had a phone call. Then she pretended she knew nothing and seriously started cooking.

Thirty minutes later, Zhou Chenglei took a shower, washed the quilt and the pajamas they had taken off, and then the two went to the production team to wait for a call.

It was not yet half past eleven, and the call should have been from Jiang's father, so they called back.

Today is Saturday, so Zhou Chenglei called the Jiang family.

While Zhou Chenglei was dialing, Jiang Xia secretly memorized the number.

After Zhou Chenglei dialed the number, he gave the call to Jiang Xia first.

Jiang Xia took it nervously, for she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to call out "Dad" and "Mom".

The phone was picked up after a beep, and a deep and gentle male voice sounded on the other end of the phone: "Hello, is this Xia Xia?"

From the tone, one can imagine that the person on the other end of the phone must have a gentle expression.

Jiang Xia shouted as naturally as possible: "Dad."

Father Jiang asked Xia Jiang how she was doing recently and if she needed anything. When he learned that she was doing well, he felt relieved and gave her some advice, asking her and Zhou Chenglei to live a good life. Then he asked about the matter of someone writing a letter in her handwriting, because someone called him last night to ask about it.

It was too late at that time, so he didn't call his daughter until this morning.

Jiang Xia could feel that his father's words were full of fatherly love.

Jiang Xia explained it and the two talked for a while. Jiang Xia said that he and Zhou Chenglei would go back to see them in the afternoon and spend the night at home.

Jiang's father originally wanted to ask his son-in-law to answer the phone, but when he heard that they had returned, he gave up the idea and decided it would be better to talk in person.

Jiang's mother waited for a long time, but old Jiang hung up the phone. She couldn't help but slapped Jiang's father on the arm: "Why did you hang up? I haven't said a word to Xia Xia yet!"

Jiang Xia was spoiled by her father and was determined to get into a university in Beijing. The last time she came back, she was asking for a divorce. Now, no one knows how she gets along with Zhou Chenglei.

Father Jiang was so happy that he forgot: "Xia Xia and A Lei will be back this afternoon. They will stay here tonight. Please clean up Xia Xia's room for them and their spouses to stay."

Jiang's mother frowned when she heard this: "Did you forget? Dongdong went to the train station to pick someone up. He said he would bring his partner back tonight to stay for a few days, and then go back to Beijing University together."

Her son started dating someone after entering university, who is also a student at Kyoto University, and she wanted to take a look too.

She had originally agreed with her son to give Jiang Xia's room to his boyfriend.

There are four rooms in the house, but one of them is Jiang's father's study. There are many documents in it, and outsiders cannot be allowed in easily.

It is obviously inappropriate to arrange for my son's girlfriend, whom he has just started dating, to live there. Who knows what kind of character she has even met?

Father Jiang: "Arrange for her to stay in a guesthouse."

When it comes to the partners of their sons whom they have never met, they will naturally favor their daughters and sons-in-law.

"That's not good, right? This is the first time a girl comes to visit us, and she has agreed to stay in Xia Xia's room. How about letting Xia Xia and A Lei stay in the study? I'll clean it up."

"Xia Xia and A Lei, how can they sleep in such a small bed in the study? Besides, I didn't agree with you letting that girl live in our house, and you let her live in Xia Xia's room! Don't you think that the girl and Dong Dong are just dating, and they haven't got engaged or married yet, but she lives in our house, and she stays for several days at a time. What will the neighbors think? It's not good for the girl's reputation either."

Jiang's mother: "Dongdong said she is not from here. I thought it would be unsafe for a girl to live in a guesthouse, so I let her live at home. How about letting Xia Xia and A Lei live in the guesthouse?"

Father Jiang looked at Mother Jiang in disbelief, his eyes dark.

Jiang's mother: "Forget it, let Dongdong take her to the guesthouse when we get back! I'm going to buy some groceries."

Father Jiang: "Buy more of Xia Xia's favorite dishes, crabs, shrimps, and beef. Xia Xia loves the braised beef you make."

Mother Jiang said unhappily, "I know. It's so late, I don't know if there are any vegetables left to sell."

Jiang's mother went out.

Father Jiang was afraid that Mother Jiang was too busy, so he simply fetched a basin of water, went to his daughter's room, and wiped the desk and bed again.

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Jiang's mother had actually already cleaned the house and put a new four-piece set on the bed.

After looking around and finding nothing that needed to be prepared, Jiang's father went out and returned to his study to handle official business.

~After Zhou Chenglei finished the call, he and Jiang Xia returned home to have dinner.

Today's lunch is quite rich, with boiled shrimps, steamed conchs, pan-fried long fish, steamed oysters with garlic, and stir-fried pumpkin and green beans. All the seafood were bought by Zhou's mother at the dock early in the morning after the rain stopped.

Mother Zhou smiled and placed a bowl of peeled shrimps in front of Jiang Xia: "Xiao Xia and Zhou Zhou, eat more, you are too thin."

When she went out to buy fish in the morning, she found out that the man from yesterday had come to the village again. He was discovered by the villagers, reported to the production team, and arrested for interrogation.

It turned out that it was Wen Wan who called to ask someone to come. Zhou's mother couldn't have imagined that Wen Wan, who looked gentle and diligent, was actually such a person. She was extremely glad that her youngest son did not come back to see her. If he had married her, he would have regretted it to death!

Although Jiang Xia used to be noisy and spoiled, she was really innocent at that time. Now, Zhou's mother thinks Jiang Xia is good in every way! No matter how she looks at it, she is good! She just feels that she was blinded by lard yesterday and almost drove away such a good daughter-in-law.

The fish was longtail. Zhou's mother was used to steaming or blanching seafood because it was convenient, but as someone living by the sea, she was very good at frying fish. She fried the longtail until both sides were golden brown. Zhou Chenglei picked up the largest longtail, removed the bones, leaving the meat, and put it all in Jiang Xia's bowl.

After dinner, Zhou's mother washed the dishes and urged Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia to leave early.

The bus to the city leaves at 1:30 and you have to go to the town to take it. It has rained and the road is muddy, so it is difficult to travel.

Zhou Chenglei packed a set of clothes for himself and Jiang Xia. He looked at the box of talcum powder and hesitated for a moment, then hid it deep in the closet and did not take it with him. After locking the closet, he took Jiang Xia out.

The road was too muddy after the rain, but Zhou Chenglei still took Jiang Xia on a bicycle to the town to take a bus. They just had to park the bicycle in the health center and pay some protection fees.

It’s too far to go to the city by bicycle and it takes too long. Besides, she has already taken a bicycle, and Jiang Xia also wants to take a bus to the city.

Wen Wan was released after a night. She walked on the muddy road, stepping deep and shallow, her feet full of mud. Then she saw Zhou Chenglei approaching on a bicycle with Jiang Xia on board.

Zhou Chenglei didn't know what to say to Jiang Xia, but he had a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)